coconut oil

Also known as copra oil

edible oil derived from coconut

OverviewAI-generated

Coconut oil is a food product categorized under coconut oils. It contains 791 kcal of energy per serving, with a fat content of 89.7. The saturated fat level is 78, while carbohydrates amount to 0.9 and sugars are 0. Fiber and salt are both 0, and the protein content is 0.9. The product has a nutriscore of e and a nova classification of 2.

Physical properties include a water footprint of 4490 and a refractive index of 1448. There are 14 products in this category. The subject is referenced by 618 other encyclopedia articles, and a PubMed query for coconut oil yields a count of 3701.

Synthesized by Vinony from 18 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, PubMed, Openfoodfacts, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Nutrition · Open Food Facts

Typical values per 100 g · averaged across 14 products

eNutri-Score

2NOVA · Processed culinary ingredient

Energy: 791 kcal
Fat: 89.7 g
— of which saturates: 78 g
Carbohydrates: 0.9 g
— of which sugars: 0 g
Fibre: 0 g
Protein: 0.9 g
Salt: 0 g

Browse on Open Food Facts →

via Open Food Facts · ODbL

Research

3,701 papers

Coconut Oil and Cardiovascular Disease Risk.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2023
Health Effects of Coconut Oil-A Narrative Review of Current Evidence.Journal of the American College of Nutrition · 2019
Coconut oil consumption and cardiovascular risk factors in humans.Nutrition reviews · 2016
Chemical composition and health benefits of coconut oil: an overview.Journal of the science of food and agriculture · 2021
Coconut oil: an overview of cardiometabolic effects and the public health burden of misinformation.Archives of endocrinology and metabolism · 2023

via PubMed

~15 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Coconut oil (or coconut fat) is an edible oil derived from the meat of the coconut palm fruit. Coconut oil is a white solid fat below around 25 °C (77 °F), and a clear thin liquid oil at higher temperatures. Unrefined varieties have a distinct coconut aroma. Coconut oil is used as a food oil, and in industrial applications for cosmetics and detergent production. The oil is rich in medium-chain fatty acids.

Due to its high levels of saturated fat, numerous health authorities recommend limiting its consumption as a food.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “coconut oil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.